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(a) A student was provided with several identical masses, a metre rule, a spring and a stand, boss and clamp. Outline five steps that the student should
follow in order to verify Hooke’s law.
(b) Figure 4 shows a graph that was drawn from the results obtained in an experiment to study the extension of a spring. From the graph, determine:
(i) The spring constant k
(ii) The load that causes an extension of 3 x #10^-2# m.
(c) Three identical springs of spring constant 100 #Nm^-1# are arranged as shown in figure 5 to support a 5N load. Determine the total extension in the
arrangement.
